
2023 No. 68
Local Government
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023
Made 2nd March 2023
Coming into force 3rd March 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that schedule, they have consulted with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate.

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that schedule, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Revenue support grant for 2023-2024
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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2023-2024
3 

(1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 is £3,047,000,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 are specified in column 1 of schedule 1.
(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 is the amount set out in column 3 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
Redetermination of revenue support grant for 2022-2023
4 

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 are specified in column 1 of schedule 2.
(2) The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 is the amount set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
Revocations
5 
Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2022 are revoked.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd March 2023
SCHEDULE 1
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2023-2024
Articles 2 and 3


Column 1Local Authority ... Column 3Amount of non-domestic rate income£m
Aberdeen City . . . 257.797
Aberdeenshire . . . 134.839
Angus . . . 27.934
Argyll & Bute . . . 37.645
Clackmannanshire . . . 17.764
Dumfries & Galloway . . . 60.313
Dundee City . . . 73.704
East Ayrshire . . . 30.467
East Dunbartonshire . . . 24.099
East Lothian . . . 58.108
East Renfrewshire . . . 15.695
Edinburgh, City of . . . 377.317
Eilean Siar . . . 9.106
Falkirk . . . 75.322
Fife . . . 172.108
Glasgow City . . . 358.472
Highland . . . 156.979
Inverclyde . . . 21.333
Midlothian . . . 35.215
Moray . . . 55.314
North Ayrshire . . . 43.955
North Lanarkshire . . . 121.640
Orkney Islands . . . 11.473
Perth & Kinross . . . 60.754
Renfrewshire . . . 131.323
Scottish Borders . . . 37.818
Shetland Islands . . . 24.302
South Ayrshire . . . 47.708
South Lanarkshire . . . 341.536
Stirling . . . 45.636
West Dunbartonshire . . . 93.396
West Lothian . . . 87.928
Scotland Total . . . 3,047.000
SCHEDULE 2
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2022-2023
Article 4


Column 1Local Authority Column 2Amount of revenue support grant£m
Aberdeen City 135.772
Aberdeenshire 372.924
Angus 220.480
Argyll & Bute 191.979
Clackmannanshire 95.864
Dumfries & Galloway 291.937
Dundee City 315.925
East Ayrshire 255.745
East Dunbartonshire 210.391
East Lothian 182.376
East Renfrewshire 205.587
Edinburgh, City of 654.430
Eilean Siar 97.813
Falkirk 260.070
Fife 609.335
Glasgow City 1,159.207
Highland 397.858
Inverclyde 179.255
Midlothian 169.732
Moray 142.533
North Ayrshire 289.389
North Lanarkshire 635.874
Orkney Islands 60.701
Perth & Kinross 259.507
Renfrewshire 271.055
Scottish Borders 216.297
Shetland Islands 48.429
South Ayrshire 216.211
South Lanarkshire 254.817
Stirling 165.248
West Dunbartonshire 114.402
West Lothian 306.229
Scotland Total 8,987.373